The present book deals with concepts of empowerment decentralisation governance and social and political status of ancient women of our country in an analytical way. The work is a study of the concepts of empowerment, decentralisation, governance and social and political status of ancient women. Examining the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Sutra literature works of Kalidasa and other writers and inscriptions of ancient India, it discusses the position and status of ...